![Easter Sunday April 1, 2018](http://townsquare.media/site/488/files/2016/02/Easter-Bunny-Chocolate.jpg?w=300&h=200&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89&w=980&q=75)
Easter Sunday April 1, 2018
Easter is Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ. It's also a time to celebrate spring and the Easter bunny.
This year (2018) Easter fall on April 1 but this is one holiday that moves around from date to date.
Easter Sunday related celebrations like Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday are movable too with Easter falling between March 22 and April 25.
Why such a difference in dates? I'll tell you.
According to catholic.com Easter Sunday always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of spring. Not too hard but this is a little easier.
March 20, 2018 is the first day of spring, the first full moon is on March 31. That makes Easter this year on Sunday, April 1.
More From B98.5
![Maine Company Made 110,000 Wooden Eggs for the White House Hunt](http://townsquare.media/site/696/files/2018/04/GettyImages-669451048.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Mainer’s Looking Forward to Peeps for Easter and Some Thing You May Not Know](http://townsquare.media/site/488/files/2016/03/Peeps.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![A ‘Secret’ Swimming Spot in Augusta](http://townsquare.media/site/488/files/2016/06/pond3.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Do You Know What These Historic Maine Structures Are?](http://townsquare.media/site/488/files/2022/03/attachment-Cattle-Pound.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Maine Bill To Limit Police Power To Pull Over Vehicles](http://townsquare.media/site/488/files/2022/03/attachment-gettyimages-638093310-170667a.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Warning: Hair Tourniquet Syndrome Can Hurt Your Baby](http://townsquare.media/site/488/files/2022/03/attachment-hair-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![CAT Ferry Now Booking For Travel From Bar Harbor to Nova Scotia](http://townsquare.media/site/488/files/2022/03/attachment-cat-ferry.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Best Year-Round Dog Walks Around Augusta, Maine](http://townsquare.media/site/488/files/2022/03/attachment-gettyimages-1307725155-170667a.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Sidney Man Sentenced To 4 Years In Jail For Terrorizing](http://townsquare.media/site/488/files/2022/03/attachment-gettyimages-1297563177-170667a.jpg?w=980&q=75)